Coinbase CEO says he will not work with firms hiring crypto opposers

In a new X post, Brian Armstrong (Coinbase CEO) said, “we will no longer be a client” of any firm hiring people who have committed “bad deeds” against the crypto industry.

The CEO of Coinbase shared in an X post that the company will let go of any firm that hired people against crypto in Biden’s administration.

Coinbase CEO spoke up after Milbank hired Gurbir S. Grewal

We've let all the law firms we work with know, that if they hire anyone who committed these bad deeds in the (soon to be) prior administration, we will no longer be a client of theirs.

Senior partners at these law firms seem unaware of the crypto industry's position on this.… https://t.co/k8R6NtfTV1 pic.twitter.com/RT0k408i9f

— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) December 3, 2024

Armstrong directed his comment towards Milbank’s hiring of Gurbir S. Grewal, the head of the SEC’s Division and Enforcement Director. He announced that Coinbase would not work with them anymore. According to the CEO, Grewal tried to “unlawfully kill (crypto) industry while refusing to publish clear rules.”

“I don’t believe in permanently cancelling people, but we as an industry should not be putting money in their pocket after the abuse. Let your law firms know that hiring these folks means losing you as a client.” – Brian Armstrong

He further mentioned that anyone in a senior position in the SEC can’t just make an excuse for following orders because “they had the option to leave SEC” as “many good people did” and they should have gone into other sectors with fair regulations.